The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes
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To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
  • themurphy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    322·
    4 hours ago

    Temu is insanely popular. Don’t underestimate this. Yes, it’s pure crap, but people buy it. They earn bucks.

    Meaning, it’s not a valid argument to say it’s crap, and then it’s not a problem. Temu is a problem.

    But then we have to start another discussion about the free market, because then Temu is valid.

    Then what? Legit question, I don’t have the answer to.

    • nednobbins@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      The thing is that it’s not PURE crap.

      It’s kind of like going to a flea market. Most of it is crap and you can still find some decent and good stuff that’s way cheaper than it should be.

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      2 hours ago

      I got some temu stuff. A 7$ bag heat sealer. Works perfectly fine.

      However, I do not abide surveillance pricing. I can defeat the surveillance pricing but the procedure annoys me, so I’ve gone back to aliexpress which is easier to defeat.

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      3 hours ago

      Where there was once Tupperware, and makeup, there is now temu